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FACT IS FACT; Dionysus' and Delusion

In "The Delusion About Illusion" Walter Kerr noted that he attended Richard Schechner's "Dionysus in '69" and, apparently, disliked it. There are, I think, several good reasons for disliking the piece -- even reasons connected with the nature of theatrical illusion which Kerr purported to be discussing.

September 22, 1968

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